Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
त्वया कात्यायनी प्रोक्ता चामुण्डा च सुरेश्वरी । श्रीमाता च समुत्पन्ना किमर्थं च सुरेश्वरी
tvayā kātyāyanī proktā cāmuṇḍā ca sureśvarī | śrīmātā ca samutpannā kimarthaṃ ca sureśvarī
તમે કાત્યાયની તથા દેવેશ્વરી ચામુંડાનું વર્ણન કર્યું અને શ્રીમાતાના પ્રાકટ્યની વાત પણ કહી. તો પછી આ સુરેશ્વરી (કેલીશ્વરી) કયા હેતુથી પ્રગટ થઈ?
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Tirtha: Kelīśvarī/Sureśvarī-sthāna (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūtanandana (son of Sūta) addressed by sages
Scene: A seated assembly of sages/questions posed to the Sūta’s son: the listeners enumerate Devī-forms already narrated and ask the specific ‘why’ behind the arising of Sureśvarī/Kelīśvarī; palm-leaf manuscripts and a tīrtha backdrop suggested.
FAQs
The Purāṇic vision honors many forms of Devī, each manifesting for a distinct cosmic and local purpose.
The question prepares the narration of Kelīśvarī’s localized māhātmya—her particular shrine and its spiritual efficacy.
None directly; it requests doctrinal and narrative clarification about the goddess’s manifestation.